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Read the original author's fanfiction! FoxfaceChase16

Jason's down.

Watching him fall from the sky, like a bird shot out of the sky, was painful. Acnologia's roar snapped her out of it though. Quick as lightning, Layla lashed out thick, strong ribbons of fire. They twisted around Acnologia's hind legs, hindering him from going any further. Summoning more, she tied herself to a big boulder, straining hard to restrain the dragon. Acnologia pulled hard, and the boulder teetered dangerously to the right side. Levina came rushing up to her side then and made her electrum whip grow longer. She then followed Layla's example, twisting her whip around Acnologia's forelegs, charging it with enough electricity to fry 20 grown human into crisp.

"Layla! Tie me up to that rock over there!"

Layla did exactly that. Levina grunted, muttering something about tying too tight. The complain fell on deaf ears though, as Layla had her full concentration on holding the dragon back. Acnologia seemed to realize he was stuck. He whipped his head around, sucked in his breath and got ready to summon his special roar. The roar that had once eradicated Tenrou Island.

The two girls gasped, panic spreading through them like wildfire. They didn't had to worry much though, for at that moment, tens of thousands of swords charged Acnologia. Faye had them under her will, commanding them where to strike. Thousands pierced the dragon's body, and another thousand was reflected off the tough scales.

Faye wasn't holding back though. She summoned more and more swords, her eyes still glowing. She should have been drained of energy by now, but no, not even a single sweat glistened on her forehead. Layla was frightened, not knowing what had occurred to her friend. The others were staring in awe and wonder too. Never had such a phenomena occurred before.

Marvel and Allona jumped into action, looking as enraged as the dragon. Allona went berserk with her magic, slamming and beating the dragon. Marvel slid out a midnight-blue knife gingerly, careful so as not to cut himself. Allona took one look at it and jumped, clearly surprised.

"The Knife of Anubis!"

"Also known as the Soul Reaper. Dipped in the blood of the creature Chimera. Extremely poisonous. One cut and it's bye-bye to you."

"Dad gave it to you as a present. Are you sure you're using it?"

Marvel nodded. "Desperate situations calls for desperate measures. The poison would surely kill the dragon. I just need to stab it into its flesh… Which would be hard, cuz you know, he's covered with scales as hard as diamond."

The both of them scrutinized the dragon.

Much of the dragon's scales had been hacked and destroyed by the swords and countless magic spells casted by the wizards. But there was no gap big enough for the knife to fit into.

Well, except for that small part at the dragon's back.

Marvel gulped nervously. "I guess I gotta go up there."

"In case you haven't noticed, the dragon is 50 FEET UP IN THE AIR! Not to mention HE ROARS! And Faye's not feeling friendly. She might stab you with one of those swords, which by the way are all wicked. That one's made of real sapphire, and that one emerald."

Marvel just rolled his eyes. "Like that's gonna stop me. As for the swords, you can help cover me. No time to waste. Revenge for Jason!"

Before Allona could protest, Marvel had jumped onto one of the huge flat rock and leaped high. He had enough momentum in him to allow him to grab the dragon's tail. Marvel grunted and started hauling himself up. Being as agile as a monkey, he had no problem climbing up. Allona tried her best to block the swords, but she occasionally had to warn Marvel to duck. These swords were charging the dragon at full speed. Stopping them from hitting Marvel was difficult.

It wasn't long before Acnologia felt Marvel scrambling on his tail. He shook it back and forth, trying to fling him off. When that didn't work, he positioned the tail so that it was right in front of his mouth.

"Die, foolish human!"

Acnologia then opened his jaws, letting out a stream of fire.

Marvel only had time to utter a single cry before he was engulfed by the raging fire.

"Water Lock!"

Never had Allona been so glad to see the Fullbusters siblings leap into battle. Acquanetta casted out her water lock magic, encasing Marvel in a sphere of water, protecting him from the fire. Marvel saluted Acqua and went on climbing up the dragon's back.

Izo went over to Levina's side, and to Allona's and Layla's surprise, kissed her cheek. Levina blushed, while Layla raised and eyebrow and asked, "How long?"

"A few months. We kept it a secret. Since Allona here loves to tease."

Allona grinned, "True that. But now, you two lovebirds better quit smooching around. Izo, take my place and protect Marvel. Acquanetta you too. I'll help Layla and Levina."

Izo then pulled out his electric guitar and started rocking it out, sending sonic booms that blocked the swords from hitting Marvel. One of them, however, only missed Marvel's face by an inch.

Marvel cried out indignantly, "Doofus! Watch it!"

Izo chuckled, and Marvel could hear him call out an apology (an insincere one).

With Acquanetta's and Izo's protection and Layla, Levina and Allona restraining the dragon, Marvel managed to climb up the dragon's back.

It wasn't long before he reached the spot without scales.

"Alright dragon. It's time for you to go back to hell."

Just as Marvel raised the knife, Acnologia slammed one of his wings to the cliff beside him, causing rocks both big and small to fall onto Allona and the rest. The other wing he used swat Marvel. Marvel lost his grip on the dragon and scrambled to get a hold. In the process, he let go of the knife.

"Watch out!"

Levina looked up, only to see the knife inches from her face. She felt a hard shove from the back and stumbled forward, away from the knife's range. Then she heard a sickening sound, which she knew from experience was the sound of a blade stabbing flesh, and a heavy thud.

Izo had been stabbed in the shoulder. He looked at Levina, clearly bewildered, before his eyes rolled back and he passed out.

With tears in her eyes, Levina screamed, "IZOOOOOO!"

Levina immediately let go of her elongated whip and knelt down next to Izo. Already his lips were turning blue, his breath quick and shallow, his heartbeat fluttering weakly like a wounded butterfly.

"No, no, no. wake up Izo. Open your eyes. No, this cant be happening."

But it was futile. The poison was too strong. There was no antidote. Within seconds, death had him in its clutches and his heart beat no more.

Levina sobbed her heart out, crying out in despair and anguish. She knew Izo was gone, but she still continued shaking him anyway, hoping for some miracle to take place.

"WENDY! CHELIA! HELP! ANYONE!"

Layla and Allona had loosened their hold on the dragon.

"Metal Shield!"

Instantly, a huge block of metal shielded the heads of the three girls, protecting them from the avalanche of falling rocks.

Acnologia cackled, "you youngsters have no hope in defeating me. Come to me again in a thousand years and we'll see how you fare. That is, if you're still alive by then."

With that, he shook his whole body vigorously, freeing himself of the restraints, shaking Marvel off as well in the process. He rolled a few feet on the ground, before he came to a stop, grunting and groaning.

Acnologia flapped his wings, lifted himself off the ground and flew off.

The swords stop coming, and Faye, her eyes no longer glowing, looked around, dazed. She stood up and wobbled a few steps forward before she stumbled forward and passed out.

Done with chapter 8! On to chapter 9!